On the 23rd, the reporter learned from the Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
Sanxingdui jade "production workshop" was found!
This is a major project of "Archaeological China".
Important progress in the archaeological excavation of Sanxingdui site
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2022 to 2024
Archaeologists have discovered new relics related to the production and processing of jade tools at the Sanxingdui site
It was preliminarily judged by experts to be a "production workshop" for jade tools
It is dated to the middle of the Shang Dynasty, about 3500 to 3400 years ago
It is earlier than the burial age of the Sanxingdui sacrificial pit
Newly unearthed artifacts
Including jade raw materials, blanks, scraps, fragments, and finished products
The formation of a relatively complete chain of early handicrafts
It is preliminarily judged that the new discovery is a jade tool workshop
This is the first time that a handicraft workshop has been found at the Sanxingdui site
It is an important step in the archaeological research of Sanxingdui
From "discovery" to "interpretation"
The "veil" of the ancient Shu civilization is gradually being unveiled
Let's continue to look forward to it!
Reporter: Tong Fang, Kang Jinqian, Wang Xi, Tang Wenhao, Xue Chen
Design: Nie Yi
Academic support: Sichuan Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics, Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology